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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plants (16 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will remove inability or vices as grounds to destroy a horse in licensed abattoirs; the number of State veterinarians posted permanently at licensed horse abattoirs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16337/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (16 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds culled in 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16338/20]

Employment Rights: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to reiterate the point made by Deputy Gannon, that the actions we are seeking on foot of this motion are exceptionally modest, as part of the New Decade, New Approach agreement in Northern Ireland. We remember that agreement in January very well. I am sure the Minister of State remembers it. It was just before the general election was called and it got the institutions back up and...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (15 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Calleary. His is an incredibly important portfolio. I wish him well. I know these are not the circumstances in which he would have wished for this to happen and that he will be thinking of Deputy Cowen and his family from that point of view. There was a lot of attention on the failure to allocate a Minister for the west, but there is no such thing as...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: The Taoiseach dealt with the issue relating to Deputy Cowen and what he knew. He went on to talk about the legislative programme. We all understand that there is a high degree of co-operation from the Opposition on this but it will be all at nought if we end up with a second wave similar to the one we have already had and we have to lock down a second time. This is why people are so...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: That is the issue that needs urgent attention today.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: The fallout from the sacking of Deputy Cowen as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine inevitably switches the spotlight to the Taoiseach himself. The obvious question involves what occurred between 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. yesterday, because there was certainly no indication in the Taoiseach's responses at Leaders' Questions that it would transpire as it did. While the incident took place...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: We know the Cabinet will consider a green list of safe countries to travel to. Will it consider a red list where the epicentre of the virus is located? Will the Taoiseach tell us what is happening in practice when people arrive into the country at the moment?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: People do not want to be made fools of by adhering to the rules and then worrying that if they holiday here they will be mingling with people coming in from high-risk areas without self-isolating. That needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (15 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the original cost of each project, grant aid and projected output for each project in respect of LIHAF; the revisions to same; the date of each; the amount of grant aid paid out to each project; the delivery of housing units per project to date; the discount given to each purchaser for each of the past four years to date in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Obviously there will be a number of opportunities to have a targeted approach to stimulating the economy and ensuring the maximum number of people continue to be employed. It is essential this analysis is done, and continues to be done, in order that there is a targeted approach. Is the approach of the stimulation that it will be jobs rich? It is one thing to make sure businesses recover...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Were consultancy firms brought in to do work? Was this done in-house, relying on some of the data already available? I completely acknowledge that there is a degree of the crystal ball associated with this, in the absence of a vaccine being available and some degree of certainty about when the crisis is likely to abate and we get back to the new normality post Covid.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the modelling that has been undertaken to quantify the impact of Covid-19 on the sectors he plans to provide assistance to in the context of the proposed July stimulus; the persons that conducted the modelling and analysis; if it will be factored into the stimulus measures; if he has consulted with his Ministerial colleagues in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: This question relates to the modelling or analysis that has been done to date. Who has conducted the analysis in advance of the stimulus package, including the impact it will have had on various sectors such as jobs losses and the viability of sectors and companies? Was the analysis done in-house across the various Departments or who carried it out?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Time should be provided for the Minister to come to the House to deal with some of the outstanding issues including the issue of the driving licence, which is still outstanding. He had given a commitment to some groups that he would deal with that issue. It is in the public interest, and in his own interest, to do so.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Communications (14 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 60. To ask the Taoiseach his counterparts he has spoken to since his appointment as Taoiseach. [15269/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services (14 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 79. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if business support policies can be reviewed to provide greater help to microbusinesses that contribute to the national economy on a smaller scale but to the local community on a bigger scale than many other businesses; if he will give consideration to reviewing wage subsidies for casual staff in view of the fact that longer...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (14 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which the issuing of road haulage licences will commence; the number of pending applications; and the anticipated timeframe required to clear the backlog. [14819/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (14 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to change the driver licence criteria that would allow licenceholders in category D and D1 to drive vehicles in category CE and C1E. [14820/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Authority Funding (14 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding the NTA has awarded to Kildare County Council in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020; the amount awarded to each individual scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15080/20]